“Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.”

“Cookbooks have all become baroque and very predictable. I'm looking for something different. A lot of chefs' cookbooks are food as it's done in the restaurants, but they are dumbed down, and I hate it when they dumb them down.”

“Everyone would be healthier if they didn't eat junk food.”

“Unlike curing cancer or heart disease, we already know how to beat hunger: food.”

“I was raised by a lady that was crippled all her life but she did everything for me and she raised me. She washed our clothes, cooked our food, she did everything for us. I don't think I ever heard her complain a day in her life. She taught me responsibility towards my brother and sisters and the community.”

“Older people shouldn't eat health food, they need all the preservatives they can get.”

“Food is no longer sacred to us: in becoming too efficient we've changed its nature.”

“In the States, you can buy Chinese food. In Beijing you can buy hamburger. It's very close. Now I feel the world become a big family, like a really big family. You have many neighbors. Not like before, two countries are far away.”

“The wonderful thing about Food for Thought is that it lets you keep your hand in theater and be in front of a live audience without a commitment of six months, or even three months.”